[zcaveman]

Several of the restaurants have $3 lunch coupons ($10 or more purchase) and $4 dinner coupons ($20 or more purchase) in the ads magazines in the local papers on Sundays. You can use the $4 as long as you spend more than $20 lunch or dinner time. Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Logan's, Longhorn to name a few. We usually cut them out of all of the ads mags and when I go to the restaurant, I use one and give the rest to the seniors near by. They appreciate it. Yesterday, I uses a $4 coupon and I gave away two $3 coupons to two tables and two $4 coupons to two other tables.

Also, many of these restaurants have email clubs that send you coupons for buy one get one, $10 off, and free birthday breakfasts, free desserts, etc. Denny's, Too Jays, Longhorn, Logan's, Applebee's to name a few. And if your spouse joins under their own email address they will get coupons also.

I just got a free appetizer at Cody's for joining the email club. Next month, my wife will join.

Every month, Paper Mint (I think) sends each address a magazine with lots of buy one - get one offers and other discounts. Some people toss them into the trash at the mail stop. I pick out two or three and eat cheap for the month.

And BTW - this is year round. I don't think they are more competitive in the summer. You are just now noticing it.